It’s that time again. It’s time for the snow to finally melt, bison calves to be born, grizzlies and wolves to scavenge for winter carcasses being thawed from the melting of the deep snow, and time to enjoy all that Yellowstone has to offer. The west entrance gate to Yellowstone just opened on April 19th […]
Why the Brown Rubber Legs for this month? The fish are very familiar with stonefly nymphs. The stonefly nymph takes two to three years to mature, so they are always available to the fish year round and in lots of sizes and colors. It does seem like this time of the year a Brown Rubber […]
Snow, snow, and more snow could be the title for summing up our winter here in West Yellowstone and most of the Greater Yellowstone area! Many times, the winters here have plenty of sunshine to brighten up those short days, but this winter it was not that way. This winter it was snow storm after […]
Last year Yellowstone Park banned felt because the felt holds water, silt, and slime. All of these things can transport unwanted aquatic invasive species and is hard to clean. Rubber soles are allowed and are much easier to clean. When fishing different places it is best to clean all the mud and any debris off […]
It’s that time of the year, when we are turning our attention to the coming fishing season. We think about all the places we will go, streams, rivers and lakes. And, all the fish we will catch. But, first do we have what we need? Lets take a look at our fishing gear. One of […]
It’s spring time and our guys on our shop team are packing to head out here real soon! They’re all returning for their second year with us and we couldn’t be happier! When we met them last year we were excited for them to be working out here for the summer. We told them with […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 3761 #14 Thread: Black 8/0 uni Bead: 7/64 black-nickel Gills: White uni-stretch Rib: Small black wire Body: Gunmetal flashabou Body: Gunmetal flashabou Collar: Peacock herl Glue: Clear cure goo hydro About About the gunmetal chironomid can be tied in size 10 through 18. The 14 is my favorite so that is […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2488H #14 Thread: 140 fire orange Bead: 1/8 hot orange Over Body: Mcflyfoam apricot About Very similar to the unreal egg, the hot bead egg uses an orange brass bead for added weight. The bright color will show through the yarn when it is wet. Sometimes all you need is a […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2457 #10 Thread: 210 Fl. pink Body: Fl. pink ultra chenille Rib: Gold wire About In the Springtime as the runoff starts and the rivers rise, lots of worms get washed into the water and the fish feed on them. I have done well when the rivers are high and dirty […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2488H #14 Thread: 210 pink Body: Mcflyfoam early girl Spot: Mcflyfoam flame About Spring and Fall are the times to fish Glo-Bugs. Rainbows spawn in the Spring and the Browns spawn in the Fall. Lots of eggs are put into the rivers and the fish gobble them up. My best colors […]
